Proper of the Mass
Proper of the Mass
Those parts of the Mass which vary with the day according to the feast celebrated. It consists of
the first four chants of the choir
introit
gradual (or tract)
Alleluia (or perhaps a sequence)
offertory
Communion
lessons
epistle
Gospel (sometimes added lessons from the Old Testament)
the prayers said by the celebrant
collect
Secret
postcommunion
There are often several of each to commemorate feasts coinciding with that being kept.